How do I teach a Portuguese student when to use "for" or "to"? In Portuguese they use "para" for both. For example, "we went to Spain for New Year". I've found an exercise on the "auto - English" website but the "to" is only used when the following word is a verb in its infinitive form.

Anonymous wrote:How do I teach a Portuguese student when to use "for" or "to"? In Portuguese they use "para" for both. For example, "we went to Spain for New Year". I've found an exercise on the "auto - English" website but the "to" is only used when the following word is a verb in its infinitive form.